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145 audits on the recordLean Left

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These numbers are not a fault score. A hard contradiction means two accounts cannot both be true; it does not say which one is wrong, and this desk does not decide. A masthead appears in these counts because it covered a contested story, which is usually a sign it was doing its job. Outlets that publish more, and get read more, appear more. Read the counts as exposure, not as error.

145audits citing this outlet
14carried a hard contradiction
50carried a framing split
96spans quoted

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“Fuel prices shifted after Saudi Arabia shut a critical pipeline and talks about the future of the Strait of Hormuz were postponed.”
September 18, 2026 · see it in context →
“EPA to repeal limits on greenhouse gas pollution from power plants”
September 17, 2026 · see it in context →
“The state Health Department considers a death to be "measles associated" if there is clinical evidence of a measles infection and a positive laboratory test and if the death occurred within 30 days of symptoms' starting.”
September 16, 2026 · see it in context →
“Shapiro accused Kennedy of spreading falsehoods about vaccines, while Kennedy suggested that the deaths may have been "fabricated" and that Shapiro was seeking to profit from them politically.”
September 16, 2026 · see it in context →
“The court appeared to be divided 7-2, with two conservative justices, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, dissenting.”
September 16, 2026 · see it in context →
“Twelve KC-135 refuelers and nine other aircraft were also destroyed, the report says.”
September 16, 2026 · see it in context →
“saying the conflict has resulted in a shortfall of U.S. munitions and "bottlenecks" in supply chains as the Trump administration works to replenish weaponry.”
September 16, 2026 · see it in context →
“I wouldn't have run for president in the first place if I didn't believe that. Of course.”
September 16, 2026 · see it in context →
“I think by my count, we've been to 35 states since I left the cabinet.”
September 16, 2026 · see it in context →
“Pay up or the Kennedy Center closes, & the price is Trump's name on the building," Eisen wrote in a post on X, calling it an "outrageous act of hostage taking.”
September 15, 2026 · see it in context →
“It was the third time since February that the board voted to close the center for renovations for a two-year period.”
September 15, 2026 · see it in context →
“Donald Trump Jr. and his wife, Bettina Trump, acknowledged Monday that a Russian oligarch with ties to President Vladimir Putin paid for their lavish Caribbean island post-wedding celebration in May.”
September 15, 2026 · see it in context →

Audits citing NBC News

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